National Republican., 1887-12-15
SENATOR FAULKNER SEATED.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the United
States Senate.


report was unanimous. The questions
raised were very simple ones and easily
comprehended. One OF them had been long
ago determined by the Senate. and he sup.
posed that all senator's had had occasion to
reflect on the other. In order that the sem
ator entitled TO the seat might enter at once
upon his duties, he hoped there would be
no objection to having the report disposed
OF at present.
cludes with two resolutions-the one de-
claring that David ii. Lucas 10 not entitled
to the seat, and the other declaring that
Charles j. Faulkner has been duly elected
senator from the state OF West Virginia for
the term Of six years, commencing 4th OF
March, 1887, and is entitled to seat in the
Senate as such senator. The resolutions
were agreed to, viva voce, and the oath OF
office was thereupon administered to Mr..
Faulkner.
Mr.. Hoar then moved that Mr.. Faulkner
be assigned TO the committees on claims,
District Of Columbia, mines and mining,
and pensions. Agreed to.
Mr.. Harris, from the committee on rules,
| reported an amendment 10 the 3lst rule
| That rule provides that where an adverse
| report is made on q claim, and the report
| agreed to, 1t shall not be in order to move
| to take the papers from the file for the pur
pose OF referring them at subsequent
session, unless the petition states that new
evidence has been discovered, and the sub
| stance Of IL. The amendment is to add to
| the rule clause that In cases where there
is no adverse report, It shall be the duty Of
| the Secretary Of the Senate to transmit all
such papers TO the committee In which such
| claims are pending.
| Among the bills that were introduced
| were the following: To Incorporate the
| WusIinufnn Suburhap II aiirpnl Enmnany
of the District Of Columbia; TO provide for
| the coinage of half dollars, quarter dollars,
and dimes; to publish for the use OF the
army, Prof. Gleason's book on the great art
| Of traiuing and educating horses, aud TO
protect innocent purchasers OF patented
| articles.
| Mr. Chandler offered Il resolution author.
izing the select committee on ludiau traders
tautLoiiztd on 81 June, 1851. TO continue
its invt stigation. Referred.
The Senate then took up the Bill, intro
dueed by MIR, Morrill,, to regulate tmIniara
tiop, and was addressed by that senator In
explanation and advocacy of the bill. Its
main object, he said, was to have tue char.
acter OF foreign immigration examined first
by United States consuls at the ports OF
departure instead Of by state commits
sioners al the ports Of arrival. The foreign
idea, he said, was that the United States
invited free immigration, regardless OF the
| CudIhGlCt Vi lue iluLlpTduIc, Dub Juc
American idea was that 1t never
really offered an asylum to convlcts,
to irrecopcilable enemies Of law aud
order, or to the occupants OF the old
worlds insane asylums and warehouses.
The doors were left open only to persons
Of good moral character. The fact that
nearly 100000 immigrants had come to
proved that the question was one Of very
great Importance. The great American
principle Of free admission OF immigrants
was not proposed to be abandoned, but
that principle had always been on the con
dition that the immigrants should be Of
good moral character, and should be able
to support themselves.
: lie referred to the fact that recently this
: mayor of the Athens Of America had pre-
| sided at banquet given. in honor OF the
champion slugger OF the prize ring, and
that, If not the will, at least the political
necessities Of the mayor had consented t
that. He said that 70 per cent OF the pop
ulation Of Boston was composed OF person
Of foreign birth and foreign parentage; 81
, per cent of the population OF New York
and 81 per cent. Of the population o.
Chicago, and these figures might be aggra
; waited by future immigration. By the cen
sus OF 1880 the population OF foreign brit
the immigration since then, 4,344 200. 81
. that, without including the children borl
Of foreign parents since 1880, there wa
now In this country foreign population o
19,340,O0O, or nearly one-third OF the entlr
population.
+ This disclosed the enormous attractlv
force exerted by this country on the in
Castle Garden, in the port of New York
!. where vessel had just arrived from Ant
werp with 600 immigrants, and the sigh
/ he had witnessed suggested the doub
" whether this country possessed the trans
cendent power. to transform all those im
h migrants into good and valuable American
/. | citizens.
!, He equoted the reply OF Mr.. Balfour to
/, question In the house OF commons as to th
government aiding emigration to the eifec
>, that the government would apply no NOR
I" money to that purpose during the remain
der Of the year. This he said, was mega
e tive pregnant. MIR. Balfour had not SAT-
!. that parishes or neighhors should not aft
d immigration. At the end of the year emi
II grafton might be aided by the British gov
u erpmeut again unless the fishery commits
81 sioners should imp'ore Mr. Balfour to re
y frain from putting briars 10 their path Will
cunning diplomacy was going on here Th
paupers Of Great Britain numbered yer
nearly round million, outside OF the ur
n counted vagrants and casual psupers, VIII
far exceeded the number of so-called pat
pers.
10 There was too strong a tendency |
Europe to regard the United States as
!, cesspool for the vilest products Of the oil
!, world. Provident husbandry demande
- that young America should not be who'll
e deprived of its brthright. The measur
e introduced by him was Intended to regu
. late immigration by scheme SO moderai
4, as to receive general approval. 1t would
lie Of course, be referred to the judiciary con
,r mittee He hoped that that committe
would report some measure to checkmat
a the gross imposition from foreign natlou
q to which this country had been so largel
e subjected. He moved that the bill be r
% ferred to the judiciary committee.
q Mr.. Edmunds suggested that the subje
more properly belonged to the committC
- on foreign relations; and he moved th
, reference.
+ The latter motion was agreed to, an
" then, on motion Of Mr.. Edmunds, at "a
;, the Senate proceeded to the considerable
% Of executive business. In about ten minut
the doors were reopened, and the Sena
w | adjourned It'll to-day.